Weyl's gauge invariance: conformal geometry, spinors, supersymmetry, and interactions

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.11.020zbMath1203.81125arXiv0911.2477OpenAlexW2015771647MaRDI QIDQ620719

Sumit K. Garg

Publication date: 19 January 2011

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.2477

zbMATH Keywords

Weyl invarianceconformal geometryscale invarianceadS/CFT

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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